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Trump's Sunday Just Got Even Uglier...

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Trump's Sunday Just Got Even Uglier...

Donald Trump is using taxpayer money to attend a sporting event in Chicago, despite soaring gas and diesel prices and widespread economic pain. He claims U.S. poverty is at an historical low and asserts oil prices will fall soon after Iran stops hostilities, while pointing to increased oil imports through the Strait of Hormuz. However, Iran continues to launch attacks in the strait, capture U.S. drones, and threaten to reopen it only under strict terms, citing past U.S. violations of peace agreements. Iran’s foreign minister warns of a return to war if diplomacy fails, accusing the U.S. of breaking negotiations repeatedly. Critics argue Trump’s optimistic claims about economic recovery are misleading, citing inflation, rising input costs for farmers, and supply chain disruptions. The U.S. is running controversial, fear-driven propaganda ads promoting Trump, which many see as authoritarian and deceptive. Meanwhile, ongoing attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and a suspected bomb plot at a U.S. base in the UK raise concerns about regional instability. Media coverage shows significant bias, with right-wing outlets amplifying Trump’s claims while independent sources highlight inconsistencies and disinformation. The situation underscores deep political divisions over the war’s impact, economic policy, and global diplomacy.

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After getting booed at a Tennessee college football game yesterday, Donald Trump is off to another sporting event where he's now made himself the honorary chairman of the president's cup in Chicago. He's heading to Medina Country Club while the American people are suffering while gas and diesel prices at record highs and the American people are feeling the pain right now. He's off to another sporting event on the taxpayer dime. He spoke with the press briefly before taking off to Chicago and he said we have the best poverty in the United States right now. Here's what he said, play this clip. We have the best, I guess you could say poverty, they talk poverty, we have the best poverty numbers ever in the history of our country. In other words, there's less poverty now than at any time in the history of our country. And then he said, but don't worry. Yes, gas and diesel prices are high, but the price of oil will come down. It will be dropping very soon once Iran gives up. He says here, play this clip. With all of that, oil will come dropping down as soon as Iran gives up, as soon as the war is over, which will be soon, oil is going to come plummeting down and all prices are coming down. But prices for groceries have come way down from Biden. Almost every price has come way down. And remember one thing, oil is less expensive now than it was under the Biden administration. But with all of that being said, we're taking tremendous amounts of oil out. Last night we took a record amount of oil out from the Harmo straight. More than we took out before the war. Thank you very much. And then he said, did you know that last night we took in a record amount of oil through the straight of Hormuz more than when the war started. How about that? More than the war, more than when the war started here play this clip. Thank you very much. So I'm trying to get this straight, Donald. So you're saying that the oil prices are going to drop as soon as the war ends in Iran gives up, but we're taking in more oil than before the war. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Then rant and raving like a lunatic as he was heading to Chicago. He's posting things like this. More people are working in the United States right now that in any point in history, things are amazing. Everybody is rich. This is the golden age right now. Come on. He then send Treasury Secretary Besan to make his rounds on state regime media and Besan says, yeah, so Iran's claiming they want to open up the straight of Hormuz if we do a deal. We don't even care anymore because we control the straight of Hormuz. The straights are open. Everybody here play this clip. I believe that they are feeling feeling the pressure here and that's why they want to deal and you saw when President Trump was leaving the White House this morning that the Iranians say they'll open the straights within seven days. Larry, the straights are open that if you take out the if you take out the Iranian oil, which we're not letting out. We're not letting it out that we're averaging now. Really, because if the straights are open best, then why don't you put the Navy destroyers and the aircraft carriers through them if they're really open and if they're really open, then why is the price of gas and diesel continuing to surge? We know it's not open. Also, it should be noted that Iran was able to capture yet another drone belonging to the United States, a submersive drone in the straight of Hormuz. It sure sounds like it's open. Also, as we reported yesterday, Iran seemed to launch more minds in that southern route in the straight of Hormuz and then almost every other day I've been reporting about another tanker being hit in the straight of Hormuz, but okay, best ensure whatever. I mean, the best in propaganda is like the worst propaganda also like we all know this guy's lying. Then he says also China has substantially reduced its assistance to Iran here. Play this clip. Again, I have great respect for General King, but he is mistaken here. China has substantially reduced any assistance to Iran and I am confident given that there's only 15 million more barrels of Iranian oil on the water that Iran will have nothing left to trade for anything. Really, they reduced their assistance to Iran. I mean, I showed you the China's foreign ministry spokesperson and China's vice president in the past 48 hours criticizing the US for its strikes on Iran and its war on Iran. I showed you the vice president of China and the foreign ministry spokesperson saying it will not respond to any unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States and they also spoke out against the embargo in Cuba. This is the IRGC statement about capturing the submersive drone in the straight of her moves belonging to the US, the Remus 600 conducting surveillance as Iran was putting more minds in the straight of Hormuz yesterday. Also this morning we heard from Iran's foreign minister, Iraq, who spoke with Meet the Press and foreign minister, Iraq. She said, look, Iran is trying to pursue a diplomatic strategy here. They said they want to go back to the memorandum of understanding which Trump previously agreed to, but those terms in the memorandum of understanding which the US previously agreed to are non-negotiables. Those need to be agreed to and then the straight of her moves will be open. But foreign minister, Iraq, she also says, we're fully prepared to go to war if we have to here play this clip. Are you preparing for this war to resume? We are fully prepared for the war to be resumed and I repeat, we stand firm in the face of any new aggression, even it comes to a doomsday war. But at the same time we are ready, we stand ready for diplomacy. It is up to the up to present Trump to choose. He wanted unconditional surrender in the previous war in two days and now it's eight months that they are fighting with no result. A new aggression would be certainly the same. We are fully prepared for that. And then foreign minister, Iraq, she says, look, every time we've negotiated with the US in the past, they've engaged in war during the middle of the negotiation as we were close to doing a deal. Like in 2025, we offered negotiations and as we were close to making a deal, that's when Trump and Netanyahu struck then eight months later in February of 2026, Oman's foreign minister broker to deal with a agreement that was actually stronger than the JCPOA. And that night after a deal was made, that's when the US and Netanyahu, so in Trump and Netanyahu struck her on in late February here play this clip. We engaged with this administration once again because of the behavior in the past two years. You know, in 2025 they offered negotiation, we accepted and we engaged into negotiation and then in the middle of negotiations they attacked us. Eight months later in 2026 February, again they offered negotiation, again we accepted and again they attacked us right in the middle of negotiations. Then they offered after the war, they offered negotiation for a deal, we accepted, we had three months of negotiations and it took only two weeks for them to violate a deal which they had signed themselves. So if you ask us, there is no reason why we should go back to diplomacy but I'm still trying diplomacy because I think we shouldn't miss any chance for peace. And then Iran's foreign ministry, foreign minister, Iraq G said, look, if they're serious about wanting to do a deal, there's a possibility but you know, like let's actually have grown up conversations and not lie about the situation of what's taking place. Here's what he says. Have offered the plan. If they want, if they are serious that they want a deal to reopen the state of foremost, now there is the possibility. We have offered this seven day plan. We want them to do certain things which we think they can do it in four or five days and then on day six the state will be open on day seven. We resume talks with them for the final. And also, so while Donald Trump is saying, you know, oh, Iran's going to give up, we control the strata for mousse. He's also leaking to his personal stenographer and propagandist at axios, baroque revealed, he tells axios, he expects more us around talks this week, despite rejecting Iran's proposal. They want to make a deal. It's not the deal I want. They overplayed their hand asked about resuming strikes. I'm always thinking about it and what he's thinking about is that the markets going to open soon. He needs to do more market manipulation. You'll recall on Friday, Donald Trump in his regime put out statements that there were high level technical talks, progressing and things were looking really good in the negotiations with Iran. Then when the markets closed on Friday, Donald Trump started leaking out. We're going to definitely strike again after the midterms. We're going to obliterate the civilization off the map. We're also hearing from Iran's army chief general Hitami right now who says if Iran cannot trade, if you're going to shut off our trade, if Iran cannot live, no one will be able to trade or live. The straight of Hormuz is the straight of our dignity and honor and the country's enemies will not be allowed to use this major logistical choke point while the Iranian nation is deprived of it. By the way, checking in on Maga Mike Johnson this morning and seeing what he and the Maga Republicans are doing. are trying to sell to the American people as prices are surging, inflation surging gas. And diesel have hit record highs as Americans can't afford anything, as this never ending war is never ending, as Donald Trump's threatening war in Cuba, as Americans have had their healthcare ripped away. Tell us, Maga Mike Johnson, what's the message right now here? Play this clip. And part of that challenge is that we don't know our history, we don't know world history. And the story with communism always ends the same way. Always does. And we tracked that in the 20th century and the current century, it never ends well. And when people are out on the campaign and they're promising free things to you, you must ask what the real price is. It is your freedom. It will drive cost up, it will ruin the economy, it will make people more dependent upon government. And ultimately that's the communist, ultimate goal is to have the government in charge of everything, which means you have zero freedom at all. It never ever worked. By the way, with so much disinformation out there, it's so important that we have a healthy media diet. It's why I've partnered with ground news for this video, ground news is an app in a website that pulls in thousands of articles from around the world and organizes them by story to show you how is the left center and right framing the story differently. It's got a great color coded layout that makes it easy to see the political bias of each source. It tells you is the story coming from a large media conglomerate with corporate interest, or is it coming from an independently owned media network. And so I use ground news as dedicated blind spot feed a lot, which is a personal favorite of mine. It highlights stories being disproportionately covered by either side of the political aisle. You take a look right here, for example. Trump says indirect us around talks expected to continue this week. And if you notice, it has very little coverage on the left and not all that much coverage in the center, but a lot of coverage on the right because they're still buying the fact that he's saying, all right, we're very close to a deal. We're very close to negotiations and everybody else is kind of discounting it. And so it helps situate my reporting to see who's reporting on what right now. And when I approach a story, I want to try to get as many sources as I can to see how are there? How are other people reporting it? I don't believe in ground news so much. We're going to offer you 40% off the same vantage plan that I use for my research. So just go click the link in the description or go to ground.new/mtn or scan the QR code up here. It's one of the biggest discounts they ever offered. If you want to support this channel and get a clear understanding of our world, try ground news, go to ground.news/mtn and check it out. By the way, have you seen this story right here? There's video showing Kimberly Gilfoyle, remember Don Jr.'s girlfriend or fiance Kimberly Gilfoyle before Don Jr. ended up marrying? Was it what Epstein's banker's daughter? And then they did the wedding in the Caribbean, the Bahamas that was paid for by the Russian oligarch. Yeah, well, what's Kimberly Gilfoyle up to? Just checking in. Well, she's the US ambassador to Greece, as you may recall. And she met privately with the leaders of Romania's social democratic party on March 31st in a Bucharest hotel. Just six days later, the social democrats allied with the pro-Russian extremist from AUR and filed a motion that collapsed the Romanian government led by a prime minister at the time, who strongly opposed purchasing US gas at above market prices. And so one of the things that we now have learned is that Kimberly Gilfoyle, apparently, stated that the US was involved in the dismissal of the prior Romanian government, according to the Wall Street Journal. We can do this to any country we want. We can do this in Greece too. The former prime minister opposed the vertical gas corridor, which she promoted as on behalf of the Trump regime, just a fascinating nugget right there and tidbit about what she's doing and how the US is destroying the multi, the, the, or the post world to architecture it created and continuing to help Russia abroad, not a story that's being highly reported elsewhere. What's, let's talk about what, what's, what's trade representative, James and Greer saying for himself, he was asked on state regime media, do you think our farmers with all of the destruction Donald Trump has done in the global order, destroying the export markets of farmers, making input costs more expensive. Do you think our farmers are better off today? Do you really think that James and Greer listen to a Greer has to say play this clip? On the farmers, the Wall Street Journal editorial board says that the tariffs have raised the cost for American farmers through both their access to foreign markets and retaliation. They say, quote, Mr. Trump's border taxes filtered through supply chains to kill all kinds of parts and equipment, making it harder for farmers when they buy tractors, combines, harvesters, and planters. Can you say that American farmers are better off today than before the tariffs? I can because there the, when, when we came into office, when President Trump came into office, the U.S. trade deficit and agricultural goods was enormous and he has cut that in half in the past year and in half. How has he done that? He has opened up new markets. We have countries like Cambodia that have lowered all of their tariffs. Or what about Maggie Republican Congress member, Van Orden? When he was asked on CNN this morning about gas prices surging and diesel prices surging, he was like, it's all Biden's fault and it all has to deal with Ukraine and it has very little or nothing to do with the war in Iran. These people will lie about everything here. Play this clip. Yeah. In your constituency, as we talked about, there are a lot of our farmers and a lot of our paying the price for the Iran war, I mean, diesel prices in Wisconsin are up more than a dollar compared to just last month congressman and more than $3 compared to this time last year. Are you okay with your constituents eating the cost from this war? Well, Monty, it's much more nuanced than that. You gotta remember, there's a massive spike in diesel prices as soon as Russia invaded Ukraine due to Joe Biden's strategic weakness. But in the last month, it's gone about $1,000 down refineries across the country. We have multiple blue states that have shut refineries down across the country. That's leading to an increase in this also and there's just thank God the diesel plant refineries just reopened in Illinois. We've had two of our refineries and then they'd west shut down recently, one just opened again. That's leading to a spike in this. Also breaking news this morning, the UK is investigating right now a suspected bomb plot. Five people were arrested at the Royal Air Force Base in Fairford. That's the US Air Base in England used for strikes on Iran and other strikes. Sources close to the investigation are now trying to say that this could be linked to Iran. I would pay close attention to this though. You take a look right here. You can see some b-roll of where the van was that apparently had these explosives relative to the Royal Air Force Base itself and that B1 Lancer is over there. I want to pay close attention to this as well as information is developing. According to authorities there, they're saying that there you have, believe that this could be connected to potential terrorist activity. We do know the Trump regime is always engaged in chicanery so I want to make sure and they lie about everything. I want to make sure that I give balance coverage, but I want to report that there was an arrest five individual suspects, potentially, terrorist activity. They were somewhat near that Royal Air Force Base in the UK, the, they're heading towards the base around 12, 45 a.m. on Sunday. We're going with explosives and potentially so we're going to keep you posted. We're going to be keeping an eye on what's going there. By the way, with all of this taking place, Donald Trump is also using our taxpayer dollars, not just to take these trips to sporting events and making himself the honorary chairman here and there. But the US government, as you know, is now running ads. These fascist authoritarian propaganda ads for Donald Trump. This is an ad that they're running nationally on Fox during the Ohio state game. We're talking about millions of our dollars are being run with ads like this. So I do think they're probably backfiring because this fascist authoritarian ad with Donald Trump, like in a very creepy way, it's like right out of a horror movie, walking down this hall. It looks like all of the attacks that Donald Trump is like leveling at others and who, that, that like it's all of the things that he's done. I mean, this is a guy who's covering up child sex trafficking rings. He is the deep state. I mean, he literally has a network of fake influencer feds who are out there pretending to be like reporters and he bans the media. He's, he hates the first amendment. He gets into catastrophic wars. He is the ultimate person who wants to tread on you. He's a sexual predator. Remember the, the don't tread on me crowd, right? That flag has been changed to tread on me daddy because I mean, there's no government that's the treads on people more than this despicable Trump regime right here and going back by the way to that mega-mic Johnson clip you saw, right? I mean, they're literally describing themselves. The projection is unreal. So I showed you that clip did I play the clip. This is the final battle. With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. We will expel the war mongers from our government. We will drive out the flow. the list. We will cast out the commenters, Marxists and fascists. We will throw off the six political class that hates our country. We will route the fake news media and we will liberate America from these villains once and for all. All right. There you have it, everybody. That's what they're running. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks, everybody. Oh, get your copy of WTF America today. It's out right now. Let's out October 20th, but you can get the pre-orders now. Thanks, everybody. Before you go, our book WTF America is available for pre-order now. It's the story of how we got here and how we fight our way back. To pre-order, scan the QR code or click the link in the description. Let's do this.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Donald Trump is traveling to Chicago as honorary chairman of a presidential cup event, using taxpayer funds despite rising gas and diesel prices and economic hardship.
  2. Trump claims U.S. poverty is at an all-time low and predicts oil prices will drop soon after Iran ceases conflict, though he admits record oil imports have been taken from the Strait of Hormuz post-war.
  3. Iran continues to threaten and disrupt shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, capturing a U.S. surveillance drone and launching attacks, while asserting it will only reopen the strait under strict diplomatic terms.
  4. Iran’s foreign minister claims past U.S. negotiations were sabotaged by strikes during talks, warning of a potential return to war if a deal is not made.
  5. Critics argue Trump’s claims about peace and economic recovery are misleading, pointing to continued high inflation, supply chain disruptions, and damage to American farmers from trade wars.
  6. The U.S. government is running misleading propaganda ads promoting Trump, described as authoritarian and fear-based, which may backfire amid public distrust.
  7. U.S. allies and officials, including Treasury Secretary Besan, assert control over the Strait of Hormuz, but the ongoing attacks and rising fuel prices suggest the strait is not fully accessible.
  8. Disinformation and political bias are evident in media coverage, with right-wing outlets heavily promoting Trump’s claims while left and independent sources question their validity.

Summary:

Donald Trump is using taxpayer money to attend a sporting event in Chicago, despite soaring gas and diesel prices and widespread economic pain. S. poverty is at an historical low and asserts oil prices will fall soon after Iran stops hostilities, while pointing to increased oil imports through the Strait of Hormuz.

S. S. violations of peace agreements.

S. of breaking negotiations repeatedly. Critics argue Trump’s optimistic claims about economic recovery are misleading, citing inflation, rising input costs for farmers, and supply chain disruptions.

S. is running controversial, fear-driven propaganda ads promoting Trump, which many see as authoritarian and deceptive. S.

base in the UK raise concerns about regional instability. Media coverage shows significant bias, with right-wing outlets amplifying Trump’s claims while independent sources highlight inconsistencies and disinformation. The situation underscores deep political divisions over the war’s impact, economic policy, and global diplomacy.

FAQs

Donald Trump claims that the U.S. has the best poverty numbers in history, saying there is less poverty than at any time in the country's past.

Yes, Trump claims oil prices will drop soon after Iran stops its actions, stating that oil will plummet once the war ends and Iran gives up.

Trump claims the U.S. is taking in a record amount of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, more than before the war, despite high gas prices.

Trump argues that oil prices will fall soon and that current high prices are temporary, while claiming the U.S. is producing more oil than before the war.

Iran's foreign minister says they are open to diplomacy but warning that previous U.S. actions during negotiations led to attacks, and they are fully prepared to go to war if necessary.

Trump claims that more people are working in the U.S. than at any time in history, and that everyone is rich, calling it the 'golden age'.

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